1994 Telecom Rally Australia

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Results and entry list
Route
Other event documents

Rally Australia was held on September 16-19, based in Perth.

World Championship of Manufacturers Round 5

Asia Pacific Rally Championship Round 4

Australian Rally Championship Round 14 (coeff 20)

This was the seventh Rally Australia, but this year it was not a round of the WRC, but a round of the Manufacturers Championship. It attracted four top internationals – McRae, Kankkunen, Eriksson and Burns, principally so they could gain more experience with the stages when the event returned to the WRC the following year. As a round of the APRC, the event attracted New Zealand star Possum Bourne, and quite a few entries from Asia. And as a coefficient 20 round of the ARC, it attracted the main contenders – Bates, Dunkerton, Ordynski and Guest.

The event saw a close tussle between Kankkunen and McRae, with the Scot eventually taking the win by a mere 9 second after 539 km of special stages. Possum Bourne bounced back from the tragedy of the previous year to finish fourth, while Ross Dunkerton was sixth outright and first in the ARC category to bolster his chances of a sixth national title.

Results and entry list

Entry list

Place	Driver	Ctry/St	Co-driver	Ctry/St	Car	Time	ARC
1	Colin McRae	UK	Derek Ringer	UK	Subaru Impreza 555	5:13:50
2	Juha Kankkunen	Fin	Nicky Grist	UK	Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205)	5:13:59
3	Kenneth Eriksson	Swe	Staffan Parmander	Swe	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:17:40
4	Possum Bourne	BZ	ony. Sircombe	BZ	Subaru Impreza 555	5:19:07
5	Richard Burns	UK	Robert Reid	UK	Subaru Impreza 555	5:20:59
6	Ross Dunkerton	WA	Fred Gocentas	ACT	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:38:55	1
7	Ed Ordynski	SA	Mark Stacey	SA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:44:33	2
8	David Officer	Vic	Kate Officer	Vic	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo II	5:55:36	3
9	Karamjit Singh	Mal	Ron Teoh	Mal	Proton Wira 4WD	5:57:53
10	Tony Hardianto	Indo	Anthony Sarwono	Indo	Subaru Impreza 555	5:59:44
11	Mark Griffith	Qld	Tom Smith	Qld	Subaru Impreza 555	6:07:08	4
12	Irvan Gading	Indo	Karel Harilatu	Indo	Subaru Legacy RS	6:08:09
13	Pavel Sibera	Cze	Petr Gross	Cze	Škoda Favorit 136 L	6:08:22
14	Leigh Hynes	WA	Glenn Macneall	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTti	6:17:18	5
15	Gerard McGroarty	WA	Robert McGowan	WA	Mitsubishi Lancer RS	6:17:45	6
16	Ross Mackenzie	WA	Joan Percival	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTti	6:19:40	7
17	Dennis Dunlop	WA	Jacquie Dunlop	WA	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo I	6:20:54	8
18	Wayne Bell	NSW	David Boddy	NSW	Hyundai Lantra	6:23:43	9
19	Robert Nicoli	WA	David Hynes	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTi	6:25:48	10
20	Daryl Sosa	WA	Maddalena Elio Della	WA	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:26:14
21	Ian Douglas	NSW	Sophie Handley	Vic	Hyundai Lantra	6:34:36
22	John Farrell	WA	Roger Close	UK	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:36:49
23	Walther Nahr	Ger	Frederick Conner	UK	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:36:59
24	Robbie Head	UK	Ian Beasant	UK	Honda Civic	6:37:20
25	Craig Stallard	NSW	Graeme Jesse	NSW	Honda Civic	6:37:55
26	Dean Tighe		Chris Michel		Daihatsu Charade GTi	6:42:00
27	Faisal Aldjufrie	Indo	Irwan Mussry	Indo	Mitsubishi Lancer Evo	6:45:59
28	Toshimitsu Kuraoka	Jap	Yoshiaki Sugiura	Jap	Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:49:49
29	Andrew Pinker	WA	Claire Parker	WA	Daihatsu Charade GTi	6:51:26
30	Denise Collins	Tas	Anne Gigney	Tas	Honda Civic	6:51:42
31	Geoff West		Glenn Thorpe		Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	6:52:00
32	Mathew Knox		Trent McCullough		Daihatsu Charade GTi	6:52:26
33	Tsutomu Nakamura	Jap	Masaharu Yamakawa	Jap	Honda Civic VTi	6:59:55
34	Susumu Sadayama	Jap	Stephen Young		Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	7:01:11
35	Warren Tuckett		Stuart Percival		Suzuki Swift GTi	7:04:42
36	Keith Hedgeland		Judy Hedgeland		Mazda Familia 4WD	7:04:59
37	Doug Wright		Gareth Graham		Daihatsu Charade GTi	7:13:20
38	Ching-jung Kao	Taiw	Gary Liu	Taiw	Honda Civic	7:15:02
39	Greg Horton		Darran Hyland		Hyundai Lantra	7:26:09
40	David Draper	Vic	Malcolm Hobrough	Vic	Suzuki Swift GTi	7:26:12
41	Alan Upton	Vic	Mark Laidlay	Vic	Daihatsu Charade	7:26:33
42	Julian Ledwoch		Tui Horo		Daihatsu Charade GTi	7:32:51
43	Dean Herridge	WA	Jim Carlton	WA	Hyundai Lantra	7:36:13
44	Kim Harris		Diana Madlener		Hyundai Lantra	7:41:39
45	Robert Whyatt		Caldicott		Mitsubishi Galant VR-4	7:47:58
46	Nathan Wysocki		Aubry Thompson		Toyota Corolla	8:53:54

Stage results

Route

The event was run over four days commencing with the Langley Park super special on Friday evening, followed by two and half days of special stages. Saturday ran to the east, with runs back at Langley Park ay midday and in the evening. Sunday went to the south, almost to Nannup. The final day saw four stages in the Bunnings plantation complex.

Itinerary and stage plots